New York City Department of Design and Construction

Department of Design and Construction
The official logo of the New York City Department of Design and Construction
Department overview
Formed1996
JurisdictionNew York City
Headquarters30-30 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101[1]
Employees1,400
Department executive
  • Thomas Foley, Commissioner of Design and Construction
Key document
Websitewww.nyc.gov/ddc

New York City Department of Design and Construction is the department of the government of New York City[2] that builds many of the civic facilities in New York City. As the city’s primary capital construction project manager, it provides new or renovated facilities such as firehouses, libraries, police precincts, courthouses and manage the city's sewer systems, bioswales and water mains. To manage this portfolio, valued at over $15 billion,[3] the department works with other city agencies, as well as with architects and consultants.

The Department of Design and Construction staff of almost 1,400 delivers public buildings and infrastructure construction projects in all five boroughs.[4]

  1. ^ "Contact DDC - Department of Design and Construction". nyc.gov. 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  2. ^ New York City Charter § 1200; "There shall be a department of design and construction, the head of which shall be the commissioner of design and construction."
  3. ^ "NYC DDC: State of the Agency" (PDF). New York City Department of Design and Construction. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "New York City Department of Design & Construction - About". New York City Department of Design & Construction. Retrieved 2010-02-28.